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2 Feb, 2015

Program Manager Interview

Anonymous Employee

Anonymous Employee

Application Details

I applied through college or university – interviewed at Microsoft.

Interview Details

Applied at campus career fair. 2 weeks later did campus-interview. Pretty straight forward behavioural questions and one technical. Be sure to study programming and study design (engineering design process a plus). Offered final round but it's been pushed back for months.

Round 2: after a month of delays because my email had been incorrectly entered in their system, I was flown in to Redmond for the last stage (1h interviews)First interview was with a PM managing code shipment, during which we discussed my projects, and she asked me how I would improve an app (web/mobile) I liked.Second interview was with a tech PM who asked me what part of the tech stack I'd prefer to work on, and asked me to design an algorithm that optimizes CPU performance.Third interview was 1h30 (including lunch). After sharing personal life experiences over lunch we went over another project listed on my resume.Fourth: interviewed with a senior PM. She asked me several design related question. 1 how would you go about demolishing a building on Microsoft's campus, 2. what product would you invent, and how would you use it, 3. what would you improve in airports user experience.

Interview Questions

If you could invent anything, what would it be? (unexpected). How would you improve UX in airports? (I had very little time to come up with my answer)Answer Question

Program Manager Interview

I applied in-person. The process took 4+ weeks – interviewed at Microsoft in October 2013.

Interview Details

I interviewed on campus. This is the first out of 2 interviews. It was one on one with a Microsoft employee.

We sat down and she asked me some basic questions1. What is your favourite microsoft product. What would you change about it? What feature would you add to Microsoft2. Design your dream elevator3. What is a link list. Explain how you would implement it4. Reverse a string.

Program Manager Interview

I applied through college or university. The process took a week – interviewed at Microsoft in November 2012.

Interview Details

I've got the interview opportunities through campus recruiting. And there's a interview prep session and on campus interview. Be prepared for technical questions. They might not seem difficult but think outside the box.

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